Category: Myanmar
Climate smart and inclusive urban programs
Using urban disaster risk reduction models and climate-smart methodologies, Red Cross has the ambition to make Myanmar cities resilient by 2030.
Myanmar’s upcycling monk leads push to cut plastic waste
Thousands of plastic bottles cycled as food containers or incorporated into building materials used at the meditation centre.
Chinese developers sweep up 1GW solar bids in Myanmar
Results mirrors last year’s emergency energy tender, hurried through within a month and all snapped up by Chinese firms.
Return of Myanmar’s smiling turtle is reason to be cheerful
The Burmese roofed turtle was once down to a few individuals in the wild but captive breeding has been a runaway success
Myanmar moves step closer to new bids on China-backed belt and road project
Other parties now have been invited to outdo the proposal from the Chinese state-owned engineering giant.
Salween Peace Park: for all living things
The Karen Indigenous People in Myanmar founded the park to protect their mega-diverse territory and their culture.
Jade mine collapses in Myanmar, exposing a lucrative industry with a deadly record
The NLD government has not tried to take on those entrenched interests, and in mining areas, it exercises zero control.